Why Tech Companies in the United States are hoping president trumps political problem could be there again. It is official. Wework is pulling the plug on its ipo, at least temporarily. New ceos coceos of the company want to focus on its core business before going public, which they still plan to do at some point in the future. Wework has been burning through cash. It is now planning thousands of job cuts and will put several of its businesses for sale. Ellen, i want to start with you. This story has been evolving dramatically over the last few weeks. What is the latest from this morning . It is official it is official. The ipo will be put on hold. That confirms a lot of the reporting we have had in the last week or two, which is that the ipo is unlikely to happen in 2019, likely to be pushed until next year. They are going to be spending the next few months with these new coceos, trying to show wall street, you know, we are going to cut back on expenses. It is no longer going to be a c
Im francine lacqua. Manus and im manus cranny. Welcome back. Francine it is nice to be here. I havent missed anything, have i . Manus nothing much. Francine now we have this technology route. Big disappointment for the tech giants. Manus despite posting record thirdquarter profit, shares in the worlds most valuable company plunged more than 8 in afterhours trading as lackluster iphone sales left investors wondering whether the company can keep making its products. Francine lets bring in Caroline Hyde and paul. Thank you for joining us. Caroline, we have record earnings for apple but because we are seeing some weakness, analysts are concerned that this is the peak. Caroline a record thirdquarter and yet you are about to see 60 billion of market valuation wiped off. That is three times the market valuation of arm holdings in the u. K. It is 10 times that of stmicroelectronics. The concern is, iphone sales disappointed. We saw 35 growth. You would have thought that would be fabulous. We e
, at bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Manus ahead, we have two big interviews. In 10 minutes we speak to the ceo of italy secondlargest bank. Paolo. N francine then we are joined by continentale chief executive offers. Manus first, commodities are trading at their lowest in 13 years with oil, metals and crops being effective. Francine supply gluts and the slowdown in china and prospects of the yard the rise in u. S. Interest rates extending the rout. Us is the bloomberg managing editor for commodities. Been oversold are we are expecting bad news . That depends a lot on what happens in china, about how the story develops. We see data that shows a slowdown in the real economy. If you start to feel that, the bearish mood can continue. Links one of the biggest is between china and the producers. We have had everybody through the door. If we look at what the miners are doing and the china story, how does that balance . Will even at these prices, miners will still be making money.
Caroline hyde. Happy friday. The markets closed yesterday. It was a bit of a down day. They were looking at whether the in will raise rates september. China has destabilized things ringing around deflation and u. S. Stocks closed lower as retail sales pointed to the Federal Reserve indeed raising rates as soon as september. We are also looking ahead to french, german, and italian eurozone gdp. We have it all. Starting at 6 30 a. M. Gdp quarter comes out in the u. K. At 8 00 a. M. Moves we areig currently seeing in turkey. We are seeing some any things affecting the turkish lira at the moment. Record low if youre looking at it. Phenomenal drops versus the dollar. The dollar rising and the turkish lira falling. Are getting set for a second general election this year. Coalition talks between the ak party and the Opposition Party have collapsed and the Prime Minister which it lost the parliamentary majority back in june now looking towards yet another election. Lets look at the commodity s
The Italian Economy grew by. 2 . The estimate was. 3 . France is stagnating and germany missed. Francine has had a little bit of an impact on euro dollar. Breaking news from greece. The government there is to request a confidence vote after talks concluded with the countrys creditors. Anchor it will follow a pame. To the e. C. B. Lets get straight to mark barton at the breaking news desk. This is a series of events that we thought might happen. Who brought this confidence vote forward . Mark yes, the vote passed. A majority of more than 151. Big majority. Hence we have the confidence vote after august 20 which as we know is the day that greece owes the e. C. B. Money. It needs that money to pay the e. C. B. So were in the quite there yet. Thet is just another day on calendar on top of a lot of dates in the next few days starting with the euro area finance ministers meeting at 3 00 p. M. In brussels. Lets remind our viewers what happened. Lawmakers approving that bailout that may unlock